PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

PowerPoint and Presenting News: August 12, 2014

This week we bring you Organic Shapes with Brush Edges — this is almost an entire new way to create your graphics in PowerPoint. We then explore clean charts, and you can plan your charts better. Then, we explore 3 cool stencil fonts. And also look at how Prezi works with fonts compared to PowerPoint. And finally, we explore the new Adobe Voice app.

PowerPoint 2013 users can learn about animations and picture corrections. And Adobe Presenter users will explore inserting and managing Flash SWFs in PowerPoint.

And finally, do not miss the new discussions and templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Media Actions for Audio in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

We have already explored how you can add an audio clip within a PowerPoint slide. Once you place an audio clip, you can associate this clip with several Media actions such as Play, Pause, Resume, and Stop. And although Media actions work the same way for both audio and video clips, there are some subtle differences. Due to these differences, we will explore both of them separately. In this tutorial, we will explore Media Actions for Audio in PowerPoint 2013.

Learn how you can create Media Actions for audio clips in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Checklist for Creating Presentations

When you are creating a new presentation, either for yourself or a client, there are many things you need to determine–even before the first slide is created. On this page, we have compiled a list of such things.

Make sure you tick all items on a checklist before you create a presentation.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Poster Frames for Videos

After inserting a video within your presentation, you may see a blank / black rectangle on the slide as placed video clip. The appearance of the blank / black rectangle is caused by the file format of the video clip inserted on the slide — not all the formats show these blank / black rectangles. In fact, you may also see the first frame of the video clip in some cases. With PowerPoint 2013’s Poster Frame option, you can easily overcome this limitation, and change the black rectangle to a picture of your choice by selecting a frame from the video itself, or even a picture from a different source.

Learn how to add a Poster Frame for your video clips in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Trigger Animations

PowerPoint’s animation options allow users to create a plethora of movement effects, all the way from the amazing to the dizzying. However, most of these animation effects have events associated with them — the three main events are On Click, With Previous, and After Previous. Whichever event you use, PowerPoint offers an extra animation option called Triggers. This causes your animated objects to swing into movement when you click an entirely different object on your slide.

Learn how to use Trigger animations in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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